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Best performances - Batsmen

Milind Kumar
76(28) 7x4 - 6x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 23 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
0 1 15 1 16 11 17 15
JH Kallis
64(31) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %58%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 20 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
4 11 14 9 12 9 2 3

Best performances - Bowlers

AR Nurse
AR Nurse
O2
M0
R12
W3
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
RL Powell
RL Powell
O1
M0
R8
W1
Eco8
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Shamya Dasgupta

END OF OVER:
10 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | TXC: 110/8 (49 runs required, RR: 11.00)

  • Upul Tharanga27 (19b)
  • Imran Khan0 (0b)
  • Pawan Suyal2-0-13-1
  • Krishmar Santokie2-0-30-0

The rain is here as expected. So we'll leave it there for now, as the second match of the day gets underway. Thanks for joining Sudeep Poojar and me. See you another time.

Milind Kumar: "Batting with a legend [Kallis] is always a pleasant moment for me. Waiting for it for years and years and I have it now."

Suresh Raina: "We have lot of options [with the ball], and in this format you need to bowl dot balls [which we did]."

Milind Kumar is the Player of the Match for his 76* in 28 balls.

Ben Dunk: "Good first hit-out for some of the guys, who haven't played a lot of cricket of late. We have to bounce back quickly. We fought till the end and have to bounce back tomorrow. Bowl a little bit better, bat a little bit better, field a little bit better."

That's the game. California Knights win by 48 runs. Big win for Knights, which will help their NRR a fair bit if it comes down to it later in the tournament. We have some scary-looking clouds coming in now, but at least the first game of the day is done and dusted. Raina had said at the toss that he wanted to put up some runs on the board and was confident he had the bowling to defend it. And that's exactly what happened. Though, really, he might not have expected that many runs.

My Player of the Match would be Ashley Nurse, whose 3 for 12 was immense. But can't really look beyond Milind Kumar and Jacques Kallis, can we? They put the game beyond Texas Chargers. One of them then?

9.6
0
Suyal to Tharanga, no run, Another wonderful yorker to end with. Tharanga can only dig it out, and turn away from the mess.
9.5
4lb
Suyal to Tharanga, 4 leg byes, This is swinging down leg. Tharanga doesn't get any bat on it, but it goes off his pads past short fine-leg for four.
9.4
W
Suyal to Edwards, OUT, Run out. We've seen Raina do it so often in the blue of India and the yellow of CSK. Edwards drives this over-pitched ball to cover, doesn't make much of an effort with his running, and Raina hits with - what? - one and a half stumps to aim at.

FH Edwards run out 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

9.3
1
Suyal to Tharanga, 1 run, Inswinging yorker there, and Tharanga attempts a biggie but only gets an inside edge on to his legs, which rolls to short third
9.2
1
Suyal to Edwards, 1 run, Length, at the stumps, and Edwards gave it all his muscle. But it only goes down to long-on.
9.1
W
Suyal to Umar Gul, OUT, Wicket! Length. Homing in on leg stump. Gul makes room for the ball to go through as he misses with his swing.

Umar Gul b Suyal 7 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100

Suyal has the ball. They need 55 from the last over.

Chargers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2Mohammad HafeezMukhtar Ahmed
2nd56BR DunkMukhtar Ahmed
3rd1WU TharangaMukhtar Ahmed
4th1DI StevensWU Tharanga
5th12WU TharangaNT Broom
6th11WU TharangaSohail Tanvir
7th21WU TharangaUmar Gul
8th2WU TharangaFH Edwards
9th4WU TharangaImran Khan (1)